Nikolina Dobreva

This is honestly probably one of the worst courses I've taken at Middlebury. It's basically a room full of people mildly interested in film being forced to participate in unproductive group discussions for an hour twice a week. This should not be a requirement for the film major. It is a completely uninspiring and unsatisfactory introduction to film and the film studies department.

This is honestly probably one of the worst courses I've taken at Middlebury. It's basically a room full of people mildly interested in film being forced to participate in unproductive group discussions for an hour twice a week. This should not be a requirement for the film major. It is a completely uninspiring and unsatisfactory intr …Read more

The course was overall very boring. Besides a couple of cool movies, the rest of the class was not very enjoyable and Dobreva didn’t really help out with that either. Not only does she not grade fairly, she also doesn’t really explain what she wants from you. She just states that it is in the syllabus and to find your answers there. I don’t recommend taking a class with Dobreva. Course overall again was pretty boring.

The course was overall very boring. Besides a couple of cool movies, the rest of the class was not very enjoyable and Dobreva didn’t really help out with that either. Not only does she not grade fairly, she also doesn’t really explain what she wants from you. She just states that it is in the syllabus and to find your answers there. …Read more

Film studies is a very interesting subject and this course serves as a general introduction to it. There are some fun viewings and the production assignments (in which you get into groups and film two very short videos throughout the semester) really make you appreciate the work that goes into producing films. Professor Dobreva does not really lecture, instead relying on class discussion, which is forced since there is a system in which every student has to talk so often for their grade. And while it is a large intro course, she made no effort to get to know anyone's names, so we had to submit a Canvas post after each class explaining what contribution we made to the class discussion. Overall, the grade structure is strange (with you having to do different amounts of assignments based on the grade you want to get out of the course) and the material at times a bit dry, but overall it was still and enjoyable class and a classic Middlebury experience.

Film studies is a very interesting subject and this course serves as a general introduction to it. There are some fun viewings and the production assignments (in which you get into groups and film two very short videos throughout the semester) really make you appreciate the work that goes into producing films. Professor Dobreva does …Read more